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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY FERNALD, OE NORTHEAST, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,132, dated November15, 1904.

Application filed August 22, 1904. Serial No. 221,780. (No model.)

To r//H 'lutom/ 'it may cm1/cern:

Be it known that 1, GEORGE HENRY FEP.- NAL'D, of Northeast, in thecounty of Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented new anduseful lm provements in Trace-Holders, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings,is a full,clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in trace-holders.

Trace-holders of the general character illustrated in the drawingsaccompanying this application are old and well known and set forth inthe prior art; but all such trace-holders are so constructed that theprojecting end of the movable lever which holds the trace upon thewhifiletree engages with the upper face thereof and not only mars thepaint and varnish, but embeds itself into the whifiietree, so as to makeit unsightly.

My object therefore is to produce a traceholder so constructed that theprojecting tinger of the trace-retaining lever will be held out ofcontact with said whitiietree; and to that end my invention consists inthe several new and novel features of construction and operation whichare hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claimshereunto annexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had tothe accompanying' drawings, in which# Figure 1 shows a side view of mytraceholder secured to the end of a whiiiietree, broken away, thetrace-retaining lever shown in its raised position in dotted lines. Fig.2 isa top plan view of the trace-holder detached. Fig. 3 is a side viewthereof with the traceretaining lever raised. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionon line X X, Fig. 3.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts.

1 is a hollow case forming the base of the trace-holder and is providedwith suitable means for securing it to the whiiiletree 2, the y forwardend being provided with a recess 3, in whlch the trace-retaining lever 41s adapted to be hinged or pivoted m any suitable manner. The forwardend of the case l is also provided with a cross-bar 5, usually'constructed integral with the base and provided with an opening 6, bywhich it is secured to the whiietree.

T is a strap-spring secured within the base near its lower face in anysuitable manner, as by a rivet 8, and extends forwardly to a pointadjacent the cross-bar 5 and has its forward end slightly upset, asshown at 9.

The trace-retaining lever 4 has a rear eX- tension 10 and a shoulder 11,both for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

The rearward extension 10 is formed with a fiat bearing, so that it willengage with the face of the spring 7, the tension upon the spring 7holding the lever 4 in its raised position when engaged with the endthereof or holding it in its lowered position when in engagement withits lateral edge 12.

Vhen the lever et is brought down to its horizontal position, as shownin Fig. 1, for the purpose of retaining the trace, the lug or shoulder11 engages with the cross-bar 5, and thereby holds the free end 13 ofthe lever 4 out of engagement with the whifiletree, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, a long hollow base adapted tobe secured to the whiiiietree and having a cross-bar at its front end, atrace-retaining lever pivoted in said casing and having a shoulderadapted to engage with the cross-bar in the casing for the purpose ofholding the free end of said lever out of engagement with thewhiffletree.

2. ln a device of the character described, a hollow case having across-bar at its front i end and means for securing it to thewhifiietree, a strap-spring secured in the base of said casing, a leverhaving a rear extension adapted to engage said spring either in itsraised or depressed position, and a shoulder adapted to engage with thecross-bar for the purposes specified.

